Conference attendance and performance on the In-Training Examination in Internal Medicine

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 640-644

  Caccamese, Suzanne ^a,d   Eubank, Kathryn J ^b   Hebert, Randy S ^c   Wright, Scott M ^b  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGRESSES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12344295847     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09563070400005446     Document Type: Review

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